# Annunciation \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PONTORMO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The detail shows Gabriel. The Angel hovering in arrested flight looks up and to his left, as if seeking instructions. The light which flickers on the youthful figure seems to land idiosyncratically, highlighting the cheek, for example. Not since Piero della Francesca has light been treated as subject of this extent. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve at Work]() - [Alessandro de' Medici in Profile]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Anatomical study]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Birth Tray \(back\)]() - [Birth Tray \(front\)]() - [Christ before Pilate]() - [Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici in Profile]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()